Category: China
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Today Show: Meet the Woman on a Mission to Connect Chinese Adoptees
Link to story Taylor Shennett was adopted in China at just nine months old and has been on a ten-year journey to discover and celebrate her Chinese heritage and culture. Taylor joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones along with her adopted parents, Bob and Kelly Shennett, to talk about her initiative to create…
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BBC: ‘I was born in China but raised in Billericay’
By Jodie Halford Link to full story
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Newsweek: Hearts Break at Adopted 12-Year-Old’s Reaction to Seeing Where She Was Left
By Rachel O’Connor Link to story
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Marketplace: For Chinese adoptees, the cost of finding answers is high.
Birth family search is becoming increasingly common with new technologies. By Katie Reuther Link to story
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Teen Vogue: Chinese intercountry adoption: How one law changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids
By Isabella Kahn for Teen Vogue From the article: On August 28, 2024, the People’s Republic of China announced the end of their intercountry adoption policy, and a small corner of the world stood still. Chinese transnational adoptees worldwide were shocked, relieved, saddened, and frustrated all at once. Some had hoped to one day adopt children of…
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The Conversation: ‘Next time bring back my daughter’: Barbara Demick reunited a Chinese family with the stolen ‘missing twin’ adopted in the US
By Kathryn Shine Link to story.
Transnational /Transcultural Adoption Project 